2025 U-20 Copa Libertadores
South American under-20 club football tournament
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The 2025 U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores (Spanish: Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 2025) was the 9th edition of the U-20 CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the U-20 Copa Libertadores), South America's premier under-20 club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Paraguay from 1 to 16 March 2025.[1]
| Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 Paraguay 2025 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Paraguay |
| Dates | 1–16 March 2025 |
| Teams | 12 (from 10 associations) |
| Venue | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Flamengo (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Palmeiras |
| Third place |  Belgrano |
| Fourth place |  Danubio |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 63 (2.86 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Leandro Monzón Riquelme Fillipi (4 goals each) |
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Defending champions Flamengo successfully retained their title, defeating fellow Brazilian side Palmeiras 3–2 on penalties following a 1–1 draw in regular time in the final.[2] As winners of the 2025 U-20 Copa Libertadores, Flamengo earned the right to play against the winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Youth League in the 2025 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup.
Teams
The competition will be contested by 12 teams: the title holders, the youth champions from each of the ten CONMEBOL member associations, and one additional team from the host association.[3]
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | App | Previous best result |
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| Argentina |
Belgrano | 2024 Cuarta División (U-20) champions[4][5] | 1st | — |
 Bolivia |
Blooming | 2024 U-19 Liga Nacional champions[6] | 3rd | Group stage (2012, 2022) |
| Brazil |
Flamengo (holders) | 2024 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions | 4th | Champions (2024) |
| Palmeiras | 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 champions[7][8] | 2nd | Group stage (2023) | |
 Chile |
O'Higgins | 2024 Supercopa Proyección winners[Note CHI][9][10] | 2nd | Group stage (2023) |
 Colombia |
Fortaleza | 2024 Supercopa Juvenil champions[11][12] | 1st | — |
 Ecuador |
Independiente del Valle | 2024 Campeonato Nacional de Categorías Formativas U-19 champions[13][better source needed][14] | 8th | Champions (2020) |
 Paraguay (hosts) |
Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 1) | 2024 Torneo Annual Juvenil champions[15][16] | 5th | Third place (2023) |
| Olimpia (Paraguay 2) | 2024 Torneo Annual Juvenil runners-up[15][16] | 2nd | Group stage (2024) | |
 Peru |
Universitario | 2024 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva champions[17][18] | 3rd | Champions (2011) |
| Uruguay |
Danubio | 2024 Campeonato Uruguayo Juvenil Divisional A U-19 champions[19] | 2nd | Group stage (2020) |
 Venezuela |
Metropolitanos | 2024 U-21 Liga FUTVE Junior champions[20] | 1st | — |
Squads
Each team could register a maximum of 20 and a minimum of 16 players, including at least 2 goalkeepers. Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 (ages 16 to 20) were eligible to compete in the tournament (Regulations Articles 48 and 51).[3]
Host nation and venues
Paraguay was announced as the host country for the tournament on 17 September 2024 following the CONMEBOL Council held on the same day.[1] This will be the third time that Paraguay hosts the tournament having previously done so in 2016 and 2020.
San Lorenzo and Ypané were selected as host cities, with the Estadio Gunther Vogel and the Estadio CARFEM being the venues for the matches.[23] The Estadio Arsenio Erico in Asunción was added as venue for the final stage.
| Ypané | Location of the host cities. |
San Lorenzo | Asunción |
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| Estadio CARFEM | Estadio Gunther Vogel | Estadio Arsenio Erico | |
| Capacity: 5,000[24] | Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 7,000[25] | |
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Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 4 February 2025, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[26] The draw was conducted according to the following guidelines:[26][27]
- The defending champions Flamengo were automatically assigned to Group A, position A1.
- The remaining 11 teams were seeded into four pots; one of two teams and three of three teams, based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the tournament, in order to be drawn into three groups of four.
- Teams from the two best associations (Brazil and Argentina) were seeded into Pot 1 and drawn to the first position of groups B or C. The first team drawn was placed into Group B and the second team drawn placed into Group C.
- Teams from the next three associations (Ecuador, Venezuela and Chile) were seeded into Pot 2 and drawn to the second position of groups A, B or C.
- Teams from the next three associations (Paraguay 1, Uruguay and Colombia) were seeded into Pot 3 and drawn to the third position of groups A, B or C.
- Teams from the last two associations (Peru and Bolivia) and the additional team from the host association (Paraguay 2) were seeded into Pot 4 and drawn to the fourth position of groups A, B or C.
- From pots 2, 3 and 4, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B and the final team drawn placed into Group C. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The draw resulted in the following groups:[28]
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Match officials
On 10 February 2025, the CONMEBOL Referee Commission announced a total of 11 referees and 22 assistant referees appointed for the tournament,[29] including a Spanish refereeing team from UEFA as part of the continuation of the UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding signed in February 2020, which included a referee exchange programme since 2021.[30][31]
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Group stage
The winners of each group and the best runner-up among all groups advanced to the semi-finals.
- Tiebreakers
In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Articles 20, 21):[3]
- Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
- Head-to-head points in the matches played among the tied teams;
- Head-to-head goal difference in the matches played among the tied teams;
- Head-to-head goals scored in the matches played among the tied teams;
- Goal difference;
- Goals scored;
- Fewest number of red cards received;
- Fewest number of yellow cards received;
- Drawing of lots.
All match times are local, PYT (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.[32]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Flamengo |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Danubio |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | O'Higgins |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Olimpia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 |
| Flamengo | 6–1 | Olimpia |
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Report | Delmás  34' |
| Danubio | 1–3 | Flamengo |
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| Roldán 64' |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Belgrano |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Universitario |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Fortaleza |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Metropolitanos |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
| Belgrano | 2–0 | Universitario |
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| Metropolitanos | 0–3 | Fortaleza |
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| Metropolitanos | 0–3 | Universitario |
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| Belgrano | 4–1 | Metropolitanos |
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Report | Giménez 6' |
| Universitario | 1–0 | Fortaleza |
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| Díaz 54' |
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Palmeiras |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Blooming |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 2 | |
| 4 | Independiente del Valle |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| Independiente del Valle | 2–3 | Cerro Porteño |
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| Cerro Porteño | 0–3 | Palmeiras |
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| Palmeiras | 3–0 | Independiente del Valle |
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Ranking of group runners-up
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | A | Danubio |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | B | Universitario |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | C | Cerro Porteño |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
Final stage
The final stage will be played on a single-elimination basis and consists of the semi-finals, third place match and the final. If a match was tied at the end of regular playing time, the winner would be decided directly by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time will be played) (Regulations Article 24). The semi-final matchups will be:[3]
- Semi-final 1 (SF1): Group A winner vs. Best runner-up
- Semi-final 2 (SF2): Group B winner vs. Group C winner
All match times were local, PYT (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.[33]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 13 March | ||||||
| Flamengo | 1 | |||||
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| Danubio | 0 | |||||
| Flamengo (p) | 1 (3) | |||||
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| Palmeiras | 1 (2) | |||||
| Belgrano | 0 | |||||
| Palmeiras | 2 | |||||
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| 16 March | ||||||
| Danubio | 1 | |||||
| Belgrano | 5 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Flamengo | 1–0 | Danubio |
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| Daniel Sales 22' |
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Third place match
Final
| Flamengo | 1–1 | Palmeiras |
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| Felipe Lima 49' |
Report | Lucas Furtado 57' (o.g.) |
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Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 63 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 2.86 goals per match.
4 goals
Leandro Monzón (Belgrano)
Riquelme Fillipi (Palmeiras)
3 goals
Luciano Romero (Danubio)
2 goals
- Luighi (Palmeiras)
- Felipe Teresa (Flamengo)
- Fabricio Mendieta (Belgrano)
Shola Ogundana (Flamengo)- Fabricio Roldán (Danubio)
- Daniel Sales (Flamengo)
- Sorriso (Palmeiras)
- Juan Turletti (Belgrano)
1 goal
Emmanuel Arrechea (Fortaleza)
Ariel Ávalos (Cerro Porteño)
Michael Ayoví (Independiente del Valle)- Juan Candia (Olimpia)
- Da Mata (Flamengo)
- Eduardo Delmás (Olimpia)
Junior Díaz (Universitario)- Lucas Díaz (Danubio)
- Diogo Antônio (Palmeiras)
- Erick Belé (Palmeiras)
Martín Espinoza (O'Higgins)- Felipe Lima (Flamengo)
- Vitor Figueiredo (Palmeiras)
Javier Giménez (Metropolitanos)- Guilherme Gomes (Flamengo)
- Junior González (Cerro Porteño)
- Heittor (Palmeiras)
- Iago Teodoro (Flamengo)
- Luis Landázury (Fortaleza)
- Larson (Palmeiras)
- Tobías Marecos (Cerro Porteño)
- Jeferson Medina (Fortaleza)
- Alexander Meza (Olimpia)
- Máximo Oses (Belgrano)
- Sebastián Osorio (Univesitario)
- Hans Peralta (Independiente del Valle)
- Bautista Pereira (Danubio)
- Alex Pullchz (Univesitario)
- Rafael Coutinho (Palmeiras)
- Rayan Lucas (Flamengo)
- Francisco Razzeto (Belgrano)
- Nicolás Rengifo (Univesitario)
- Gonzalo Rodríguez (Danubio)
- Pedro Zarza (Olimpia)
1 own goal
- Inyelman Fernández (Metropolitanos, against Belgrano)
- Lucas Furtado (Flamengo, against Palmeiras)
Final ranking
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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Flamengo |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 11 | Champions |
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Palmeiras |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 13 | Runners-up |
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Belgrano |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 10 | Third place |
| 4 | Danubio |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Universitario |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 6 | Fortaleza |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 7 | Cerro Porteño |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
| 8 | O'Higgins |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | |
| 9 | Blooming |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 2 | |
| 10 | Independiente del Valle |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
| 11 | Olimpia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | |
| 12 | Metropolitanos |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
Rules for classification: For 5th to 12th place. 1) Points in group stage; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fewest red cards received; 5) Fewest yellow cards received; 6) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 25).[3]